After UFC on FOX 4 no contest, Davis-Prado targeted for UFC on FX 5 in Minneapolis

http://mmajunkie.comLOS ANGELES – Not long after Phil Davis (9-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and Wagner Prado (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) had their light heavyweight fight stopped with a no contest, the UFC already was thinking about when to do the rematch.

An accidental eye poke at Saturday’s UFC on FOX 4 led to a no contest when Prado told a cageside doctor he was having trouble seeing. After the event, UFC President Dana White said the promotion is targeting October’s UFC on FX 5 card for the rematch.

UFC on FOX 4 took place at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Davis-Prado fight took place on the preliminary card, which aired live on FUEL TV ahead of a main card that aired live on FOX.

While defending a punch from Prado, who was making his UFC debut, Davis’ open-palmed left hand grazed Prado’s right eye. Prado quickly was given time to recover, and there was blood just under his eye.

Referee Luis Cobian called the doctor in to take a look, and the physician asked the Brazilian if he could see. Prado said he was seeing double and the doctor told Cobian the fight could not go on. Prado yelled out in disappointment as the crowd booed the stoppage. Davis just shook his head in disbelief at what had transpired.

At the post-event news conference, UFC President Dana White said he and matchmaker Joe Silva already had talked about where the rematch was likely to wind up.

“Me and Joe were talking, and maybe we put them on (UFC on FX 5) in Minneapolis,” White said. “Provided his eye’s OK and he doesn’t have any problems, we’ll move them to that card.”

UFC on FX 5 takes place Oct. 5 at Target Center in Minneapolis. The card was moved to that date and location from an original Sept. 7 date at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. A heavyweight bout between Travis Browne and Antonio Silva headlines the card.

“I haven’t really seen the replay, so I don’t know what happened,” Davis said after the fight. “I don’t even know if I actually poked him in the eye for sure.”

But Prado was much more certain of what transpired.

“In MMA, you’re supposed to have a clenched fist, and Phil definitely didn’t – which is why I got poked,” Prado said. “The doctor didn’t ask me if I wanted to continue fighting, he asked how I was feeling – and I said that I was seeing double. … I just didn’t want it to end like this.”

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